Brooke Matthews was already playing well on the final day of The Annika LPGA event at Pelican Golf Club in Florida. She had made three birdies through 11 holes, which was helpful because she needs to move up two spots in the CME points list in order to qualify for the CME Group Tour Championship next week.
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Standing on the par-3, 131-metre (143-yard) 12th hole, the 27-year-old took a swing, the ball landed just short and left of the hole, kicked right and rolled into the middle of the cup. The ace moved her to four-under-par for the day and well into the top 10 at the time.
It also gave her the right to drive a Lamborghini Urus for two years, with tournament officials gifting a lease to those who make a hole-in-one on that hole.
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Matthews has recorded only one top-10 finish this season on the LPGA Tour, that coming at the Lotte Championship (T-8) last month in Hawaii. She started this week at 62nd in CME points. The top 60 play for the $US11 million purse next week in the season-ending event.
Two holes later, Matthews chipped in for an eagle-3 on the par-5 14th hole to get her to six-under for the day. At that point she was 13-under for the week and in a tie for third place, five behind Linn Grant.
